User manual

I.
DEFECTIVE
NEGATIVES.
By following closely the foregoing directions, the novice can make seventy-five"
per
cent.,
or
upwards, of
good:
negatives. Sometim'es, however, the
cfire~tions
are
not
, followed,
and
failures result .
. '
To
forewarn
the
Kodaker
is to forearm him,
and
we therefore describe
the:
common causes of failure.
UND£R-£XPOSUR£.
Caused by making snap shots indoors,
or
m the shade,
or
when the light is
weak, late in the day; by closing the lens too soon
on
time exposures,
or
the
use of i small stop
in
tIle'
len~
when making snap shots.
(The
A
Kodak
requires no stops.)
Under-exposUl:e
is
evidenced
by
slowness
in
"the
app"earance
'
of
t):le
image
in
developmept,
and
the
absence
of
detail
in
the
shadows.
In
under-exposures
the
sky
appears
black,
in
development
and
the
rest
of
the
negative
remains
white,
with
no
detail.
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